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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges a former secretary was illegally fired by a Republican judge on Texas' highest criminal court who disagreed with her political Facebook posts. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Olga Zuniga filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Court of Criminal...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 14:36:10 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/austin-technology-council-appoints-interim-ceo_16315297http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/austin-technology-council-appoints-interim-ceo_16315297
The Austin Technology Council has promoted its head of sales and marketing to interim CEO following the departure of Barbary Brunner to the C-suite at Phunware.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After glitches during statewide standardized testing, Texas is excusing students affected from some passing requirements and fining the firm that administers the exams. Last month, 41,702 students were booted for about 20 minutes from the State of Texas Assessment of Academic...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 14:22:39 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/the-latest-texas-governor-meets-with-shooting-survivors_16314941http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/the-latest-texas-governor-meets-with-shooting-survivors_16314941
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on meetings being held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott following the mass shooting at a high school near Houston (all times local): 2 p.m. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is meeting at the state Capitol with survivors of last week's mass shooting at a high school near Houston...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 14:15:42 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/austin-settles-suit-by-black-woman-thrown-down-by-officer_16314671http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/austin-settles-suit-by-black-woman-thrown-down-by-officer_16314671
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The city of Austin is paying $425,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a black woman who was thrown to the ground by one white officer during a 2015 traffic stop, and then told by another that blacks have "violent tendencies." The Austin American Statesman reports the City Council...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 13:56:26 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/hundreds-of-harassment-discrimination-allegations-surface-against-txdot_16314733http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/hundreds-of-harassment-discrimination-allegations-surface-against-txdot_16314733
A KXAN investigation has discovered more than 200 allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation against the Texas Department of Transportation in the past five years. Many were complaints from women and minorities who represent an undersized portion of TxDOT’s workforce, according...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 13:47:00 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/texas-education-agency-penalizes-testing-vendor-over-staar-glitches_16314356http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/texas-education-agency-penalizes-testing-vendor-over-staar-glitches_16314356
The Texas Education Agency will levy a $100,000 financial penalty against the New Jersey-based company that develops and administers standardized tests, after tens of thousands of Texas students were kicked out of the testing software or encountered connection problems while taking computerized State...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 13:14:00 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/after-arkema-chemical-fires-industry-needs-more-guidance-on-flood-protections-federal-investigators-say_16313974http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/after-arkema-chemical-fires-industry-needs-more-guidance-on-flood-protections-federal-investigators-say_16313974
Arkema — whose Houston-area chemical plant spewed hundreds of feet of black chemical smoke last summer after floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey caused toxic chemicals to degrade — had not planned for such catastrophic flooding, according to a new report from federal investigators. The Chemical...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 12:26:00 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/car2go-car-sharing-service-to-pull-out-of-pair-of-cities_16312887http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/car2go-car-sharing-service-to-pull-out-of-pair-of-cities_16312887
Car2go is shutting down its car-sharing service in a pair of cities later this month: Toronto and Columbus, Ohio. It is exiting the two markets for different reasons. In the Ohio capital Car2go cited low membership numbers while its exit from Canada's most populous city was prompted by new rules and...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 11:11:56 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-taking-100k-from-mother-in-law_16312553http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-taking-100k-from-mother-in-law_16312553
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced has been sentenced to nine months in jail in New Hampshire for stealing over $100,000 from her 86-year-old mother-in-law and using the money to buy and renovate a home. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said 55-year-old Elizabeth Seibel, of Austin,...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 11:03:27 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/starbucks-lays-out-what-s-in-store-for-upcoming-racial-bias-training_16312537http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/starbucks-lays-out-what-s-in-store-for-upcoming-racial-bias-training_16312537
Starbucks Corp. has revealed a preview of the curriculum it will use on May 29 when the coffee company shuts down more than 8,000 company-owned stores for racial-bias training for its 175,000 employees. Recognizing that there are many ways to deliver racial bias training, Starbucks said it worked with...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 10:37:10 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/tiny-taking-off-small-home-neighborhood-on-austin-s-horizon-promises-new-kind-of-affordability_16311324http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/tiny-taking-off-small-home-neighborhood-on-austin-s-horizon-promises-new-kind-of-affordability_16311324
The homes are really small, the land under them isn't for sale and it all comes with promises of providing affordable housing in a region clawing for solutions. Welcome to a new way of owning a different kind of home in Central Texas.
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REBBL has raised $20 million in a round led by CAVU Venture Partners, Clayton Christopher's investment firm. Expect more herbal drinks using exotic ingredients like ashwagandha, reishi mushrooms and turmeric.
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Hiring is a matter of utmost importance for companies. That is especially true in Central Texas' tight job market, where the unadjusted unemployment rate hit 2.8 percent in April. Nine Austin businesses have another accolade to make them stand out with jobseekers: They were among the 300-plus winners...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 07:53:09 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/with-a-niche-between-catering-and-takeout-startup-eyes-austin-for-expansion_16310758http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/with-a-niche-between-catering-and-takeout-startup-eyes-austin-for-expansion_16310758
The startup works with restaurants trying to break into the corporate office lunch market for a more turnkey service.
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The newcomers who will lead the Austin office previously practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright — and this firm has a reputation for growing fast.
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Two Air Force veterans have started Infocyte to help businesses hunt down hackers infiltrating their networks. Sales are brisk and the headcount is growing. Now the company is shifting its HQ to Austin — but it needs space to do that.
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As Texans grappled with being the site of America’s latest mass school shooting last week and the seemingly insoluble arguments over gun rights and student safety again flared, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that preventing future deaths could be a matter of rethinking how schools are built and...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 00:25:00 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/san-antonio-tops-national-list-in-population-gain-houston-growth-is-sluggish_16306045http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/san-antonio-tops-national-list-in-population-gain-houston-growth-is-sluggish_16306045
Pushing past the 1.5 million mark, San Antonio grew more than any other city in the country last year, while Houston barely experienced any growth overall. Meanwhile, Texas suburbs once again topped the list of fastest-growing cities in the nation, according to population estimates released Thursday...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 00:01:00 -0500http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/a-gay-texas-teacher-is-on-leave-after-she-showed-students-a-photo-of-her-wife-she-has-few-legal-protections_16306043http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/tx/travis-county/austin/a-gay-texas-teacher-is-on-leave-after-she-showed-students-a-photo-of-her-wife-she-has-few-legal-protections_16306043
Stacy Bailey has been employed as an art teacher at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School for a decade, but she hasn’t been in the classroom since September. Instead, she’s in limbo: She isn’t fired — her contract with the district has even been renewed — but she’s...]]>Thu, 24 May 2018 00:01:00 -0500